Photo of the week: useful weather resource

This fascinating Drought Indicator Tool is an interactive tool for investigating drought conditions over time. A slider bar at the bottom of a U.S. drought map allows you to choose any month between January, 1990 and the present to create a drought map for the period of time of interest. This allows you to compare drought conditions in any U.S. location of interest in a very graphic, interesting and easy to understand way. The results from many drought–stricken areas may…